AN: I wrote this because I just needed to get my thoughts down. Heh, this is the first fic I ever completed(because it's short !) . Basically this is Hirokazu's thoughts on Kenta. It can be slight shounenai I guess (I'd prefer it to be^^;) but it's really based on friendship. Dun feel obligated to review. Dun care much for those, though they do make me feel good sometimes

Please keep an open mind that I hate my own writings and I have no stable writing skills so take your chances. Other than that, I hope you enjoy. It's kazu's pov so obviously pro-kenta.



March 22, 2002

1 Appreciated

By Zoey

It's late, it's dark, and here I'm still fully awake. Everyone else is asleep so that basically means I'm bored too. See, I wouldn't mind if I was at least relaxing in silence, but of course someone is disrupting that. Hell, who knew Jeri could snore so loud! It sounded like her puppet could've been assisting! Yes…it is odd that she sleeps with that thing. Makes you worried when someone that insane is a tamer. At least she gets Ruki off our backs. I smirk, "That's our Jeri". Yeah, she's in our room since digitomamon only had 2 rooms so naturally us newbies got put together. I hate being thought of as a minority, but I guess I'm lucky to even have gaurdromon, right? I still feel like waking Kenta up just so I can complain though. Heh heh, I would too, but I decide against it. I look to my side to see my friend in the faint glow from the moon through the window, though he's still mostly shrouded in darkness.

Kitagawa Kenta. He's good to have around. Sure I tease him whenever I get the chance, but that's partially what makes him so fun to be around. Gawd, would it be boring if he wasn't here! Nobody else seems to be able to take a joke. They're just so serious. I came here to have fun and that's what I wanna do. Kenta knows where I'm coming from. Dork, I smile, yes, he was good to have him around.

Some people just don't get it though. Frowning, I remember the times people asked why I hung out with him. As in, "why would I waste my time on a geek" sorta thing. I'm supposedly the one they call arrogant and stupid, I know, but then why am I the only one who really knows Kenta for who he truly is. He seems like a dork; glasses, neat haircut, short, involved in graphing and grades…Obviously he's more than that if I hang out with him.

Ken has always been at my side. Whatever I say, he puts up with. What ever I do, he follows and with a great deal of enthusiasm. He's not isolated and timid. Actually he's entirely full of spirit and imagination. He knows how to have fun and that's always been good enough for me. We're both always underestimated; some people just don't care to look deeper so I say it's their downfall.

I never completely give credit to Kenta out loud. I always hold my thanks within. Thanks and gratitude for all he's done for me. Besides, it would sound so weird telling him this, especially from someone like myself. We've always understood how valued we are to each other with out verbal consent. We're just too juvenile to express it other wise. Still, before I turn back to my usual attitude, I just want to be serious and for once say something to him I truly mean. Let him know how grateful I felt having him here.

"You're an incredible guy, Kitagawa-kun," I whisper, "You mean a lot to me"

This was as far as I was going to get to showing my appreciation for now. With him not even hearing a thing I just said, I finally felt sleep overcoming myself.